RRCA Hall of Fame
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The RRCA American Long Distance Running Hall of Fame was established in 1970 by the Road Runners Club of America. The criteria for induction are:
1. Two to Three inductees per year 2. Preference is often given to competitive running performances 3. Inductees need not necessarily be near the end of, or clearly past, their prime competitive years. 4. Inductees should have demonstrated long term excellence (years of quality performance) as opposed to a few brief years of top performances. Exceptions may include, but are not limited to a world-record marathon or an Olympic Championship. 5. Racing preferably should have been done at distances of 5 miles or longer. Shorter distances such as a 5K will be considered, but a person which as only been outstanding at 5K does not deserve to get in on running performance alone.[1]
Nominees are selected each year by a Hall of Fame Committee.
The following people have been honored by induction into the RRCA Hall of Fame:[2]
- 2009 - Anne Marie Letko, Khalid Khannouchi
- 2008 - Beth Bonner, Todd Williams
- 2007 – Jenny Spangler, Judi St. Hilaire
- 2006 – Deena Drossin Kastor, Mebrahtom Keflezighi
- 2005 - Keith Brantly, Steve Spence
- 2004 - Helen Klein, Lisa Rainsberger
- 2003 - Bob Kempainen, Kathy O’Brien
- 2002 - Patti Dillon, Herb Lindsay
- 2001 - Miki Gorman, Greg Meyer
- 2000 - Mark Curp, John Tuttle
- 1999 - Gerry Lindgren, Tony Sandoval
- 1998 - Benji Durden, Doug Kurtis
- 1997 - Kim Jones, Jon Sinclair
- 1996 - Ed Eyestone, Jerry Kokesh, Pete Pfitzinger
- 1995 - Ann Trason, George Young
- 1994 - Julie Brown, Amby Burfoot, Marion Irvine
- 1993 - Jack Bacheler, Norm Green, Mary Decker Slaney
- 1992 - Jeff Darman, Jeff Galloway, Ted Haydon
- 1991 - Barry Brown, Lynn Jennings, Fred Lebow
- 1990 - Pat Porter, Alberto Salazar, Max Truex
- 1989 - Dick Beardsley, Herb Lorenz, Sy Mah, Harold Tinsley
- 1988 - Garry Bjorklund, Cheryl Flanagan, Thomas Hicks, Kenny Moore
- 1987 - Bill Bowerman, Hugh Jascourt, Don Kardong, Francie Larrieu Smith
- 1986 - Nick Costes, Ron Daws, Doris Brown Heritage
- 1985 - Henley Roughton Gabeau, Gordon E. McKenzie, Alex Ratelle, John "Jock" Semple, Louis White
- 1984 - Clive Davies, Jacqueline Hansen, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Kathrine Switzer, Bob Schul, Craig Virgin
- 1983 - Ed Benham, Paul de Bruyn, Gabe Mirkin
- 1982 - William Agee, William "Billy" Mills, Roberta Gibb-Welch
- 1981 - Hal Higdon, Steve Prefontaine, Ken Young
- 1980 - Ruth Anderson, Nina Kuscsik, Thomas Osler, William Steiner
- 1979 - Joe Henderson, Ray Sears, Gar Williams
- 1978 - John Hayes, Bill Rodgers, Aldo Scandurra
- 1977 - Eino Pentti, Greg Rice, Frank Shorter
- 1976 - R. E. Johnson, George Sheehan, Curtis Stone
- 1975 - Horace Ashenfelter, Don Lash, Joseph McCluskey
- 1974- Pat Dengis, Leslie Pawson, Mel Porter, Charles Robbins, Fred Wilt
- 1973 - Tarzan Brown, Victor Dyrgall, James Hinky Henigan, Peter McArdle, Paul Jerry Nason
- 1972 - Ted Corbitt, Fred Faller, Louis Gregory, John A. Kelley, Joseph Kleinerman
- 1971 - Bob Campbell, Clarence DeMar, Leonard "Buddy" Edelen, John J. Kelley, H. Browning Ross